Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon – April 2013

Introduction to the Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

Welcome to my Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon Page! This is my first year participating in Dewey’s so I’m learning the ropes, but from what I can gather, this read-a-thon was first held in 2007 by a woman named Dewey who, sadly, is no longer with us. The event is still held bi-annually in her honor – in April and October – where, for 24 hours, people sign up to read books, and to participate in optional hourly mini-challenges! I’ll be updating this page throughout the event to keep track of the mini-challenges I participate in.

Cheer me on!

Hour 1 Mini-Challenge – Introductory Questionnaire

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? United States

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? I’ve picked one book to read – Freefall To Fly. If I finish it, I’ll add another as time allows!

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Chocolate fuels me on!

4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I have always loved reading – as a child, I thought the alphabet was the most magical invention in the world! I marveled at how you could create books from 26 little alphabets. When I was young, I wanted to read every book there was in the library.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? This is my first read-a-thon and the thing I am looking forward to the most is the camaraderie and the chance to connect with other book lovers!

Hour 2 Mini-Challenge – Post The Books

Today I am reading Freefall to Fly – A Breathtaking Journey Toward A Life Of Meaning by Rebekah Lyons. Tune in on Monday, April 29, 2013 for my review of the book!

Hour 8 Mini-Challenge – Book Sentence Challenge

In a world filled with Limitless choices, it shall forever remain A Season Of Mysteries to me why Mary chose to forsake traditional Campfire Cuisine and insisted on Cooking With Flowers; I guess she wanted a Sunflower Summer.

Hour 9 Mini-Challenge – Clear The Webs and Recharge Yoga Challenge

I rejoined the Read-A-Thon in Hour 9 after a much needed cat nap, so starting with some deep breathing and stretching felt good! I did the first three poses (to the best of my ability – I did not have a mat and I now have rug burn on my knees from the cat pose!)

Hour 14 Mini Challenge – Share A Quote

To stop avoiding the pain. To embrace the struggle. To settle in with the lament. To get cozy with my nemesis. Because it was working something out in me that was buried deep. Locked down for a number of years. Wounds that had been planted long ago were starting to show their ugly heads. I was scared. But I needed to give them room to surface. To let them out.

Thanks Jennifer! We’re having a heatwave today (so it seems) so I am finding it necessary to take frequent breaks and look for cool spots to read in!
Hope you’re having a productive day. Love your poem! 🙂

Thanks Tanya! Normally I plunge head first into everything and “try to do it all” but since this is my 4th read-a-thon this week (!!!) I am really taking a more relaxed approach to it. Reading off and on – content to finish my one book – participating in some of the challenges – chatting off and on – and taking frequent breaks in between! (Normally I’d be trying to squeeze in most of the challenges and multiple books so I feel really good about this pace!)

Glad you like it – my book is full of tiny bookmarks for the amazing quotes I found as I read her book (drives my husband crazy when I pass along books to read and he finds my markers sticking out of them!)

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